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The Eldis Blog
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8 October 2015Photovoice is a visual action research technique through which communities can share their problems, barriers and challenges with policy makers using photographs and narrative.
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8 October 2015Scientific advances in the understanding of genetics and genomics have the potential to generate major improvements for human health in the near future. However, from a global health perspective, the translation of this technology into new medical treatments raises profound international and local issues around inequality, identity and insecurity.
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8 October 2015Kaday Mansaray Sibanda shared VSO's experience with improving the lives of HIV positive offenders both inside prison and on their release.
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22 September 2015Bruno Martorano outlines how Latin American tax policies have been successful in tackling the problem of income equality within the region.
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22 September 2015The traditional medical view of risks associated with giving birth sometimes clashes with what women themselves perceive.
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18 September 2015This blog was first posted on the CDKN website. Geoff Barnard, Knowledge Management Strategy Advisor to CDKN and Chair of the Climate Knowledge Brokers (CKB) Steering Group, introduces the Climate Knowledge Brokers Manifesto and its revolutionary proposals.
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8 September 2015The Sustainable Development Goals must not neglect a quarter of the world’s population, argues Nicole Votruba, Co-ordinator of the FundaMentalSDG initiative.
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20 August 2015Women’s involvement in agricultural work is closely associated with the provision of care for children and therefore plays an important part in determining nutritional outcomes. Haris Gazdar, Collective for Social Science Research in Pakistan, shares his reflections on the norms around women’s work in agriculture in Pakistan.
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11 August 2015No country has yet achieved equality for women and girls: they are still denied their basic human rights and are denied a full say in decisions that affect their lives. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have real potential to transform the lives of women and girls, but they must be accompanied by equally ambitious ways in which to measure progress.
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31 July 2015To mark World Breastfeeding Week, Sigit Sulistyo, World Vision Indonesia, writes for Eldis on the importance of supporting breastfeeding mothers at work in Indonesia.
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28 July 2015As the UN post-2015 summit in September approaches how does the current draft of the SDGs shape up with respect to nutrition? Asma Lateef, Director of Bread for the World Institute with Jennifer Thompson and Joanna Francis of Concern share their reflections. All are members of the International Coalition on Advocating Nutrition (ICAN)
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28 July 2015Although Africa has the potential to produce all the food the continent needs it faces a heavy burden of food insecurity, undernutrition and an increasing problem of obesity. Dr. Namukolo Covic, IFPRI in Ethiopia, writes for Eldis on the role for research in addressing these issues.